The modus operandi of President Obama and his Progressive regime is to
execute a series of carefully planned moves that are specifically
designed for the federal take-over of power from the states.
While their plan is to implement a European style of socialism, their
actions are likely to cause the demise of the Union, as we know it.
Completely ignoring the 10th Amendment, their plan places States
Rights at risk. In retrospect, we can recognize their pattern by summarizing
the primary steps they have already taken.
First, elect a charismatic President to boggle the minds of the
"sheep", and then have him appoint Progressive zealots to every
important post in his Administration, including 'Czar' positions.
Second, encourage the Congress to legislate the takeover of health care
by demonizing the mean, greedy Insurance Industry, implementing a plan that
either will bury that industry or turn it into a premium collection agency for
the government, while unmercifully taxing the middle-class under the guise of taxing
only the "rich", and by substituting a socialist,
European-like rationing of health care that makes doctors and nurses unwilling
pawns of the government.
Third, under the guise of 'saving jobs' borrow huge sums on
tax-payers’ credit to 'bail-out' shaky corporations that are 'too big
to fail', then take over control of whole industries as majority
stockholder. Dictate corporate management pay scales and bonus structures,
and then by threat of negative administrative policies and/or legislation,
coerce other corporations to implement similar pay policies and other actions
desired by the ruling Progressive apparatus.
Fourth, pass legislation to takeover the energy distribution system
with insidious Cap & Trade/Tax legislation that mesmerizes the populous
with visions of green earth jobs. Strangle
the energy industry with unreachable mileage goals for vehicles and
untenable goals for using replenishable sources of energy – including
cost-prohibitive distribution systems. Promote
construction of nuclear energy plants as an expensive alternative to oil and
gas. Refuse to create a national policy for the disposal of dangerous
accumulations of nuclear waste. Then
throw the opposition party a bone by freeing-up the unexplored reaches of
off-shore Atlantic states for oil drilling, while declaring ready-to-drill
lands in Alaska, middle America and offshore Pacific states to be sacrosanct
from oil exploration. Of course,
it could take well over seven years of litigation and environmental testing
before it is possible to drill even the first offshore well on the Atlantic
seaboard. Predictably, the
Progressive administration will plan no new refineries, while they
deliberately allow our gasoline refineries to languish and fade away as
antiquities of the past.
Fifth, follow-up with a takeover of Higher Education by kicking the
useless, greedy middlemen - the Banks - out of the college loan
business and substitute a system of combination grant/loans that
dictate who gets to go to which college and which ones have to repay what
percentage of the loan/grant, if any at all.
The Progressives plan to implement these central government
authority-assertion moves, each of which diminishes the roll of State and
Local governments. Obviously,
they are conspiring to convert the USA into a full-blown system of
European-like socialism that would make Karl Marx envious.
Their key moves consist of:
Patrick
Henry feared that a minority could establish such a strong central government
that the majority would be unable to alter or abolish the regime, regardless
of how evil such central power might ultimately become:
http://www.unc.edu/~gvanberg/Courses/Henry%20June%205.htm
In "The
Federal Absorption of the States",
Patrick Henry rhetorically asked, "What, sir, is the genius of
democracy? . . . whenever any government shall be found inadequate, or
contrary to those purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable,
unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such .
. . manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. This, sir, is
the language of democracy -- that a majority of the community have a right to
alter government when found to be oppressive. But how different is the genius
of your new Constitution from this? How different from the sentiments of
freemen, that a contemptible minority can prevent the good of the
majority!"
It
seems clear that Robert Yates was fearful that the constitution was so
constructed that the right of local rule by the individual states would be
placed in jeopardy of abolishment:
Robert
Yates to John Jay
...
"Mr. Jay, my greatest concern is that the new constitution will
create a central government so powerful that it might make each state
government meaningless. Local people know their areas the best.
Local people should decide what is best for their state. The state government
must be guaranteed of certain power so that it will have its decision making
power not be taken away by the federal government."
(Mr.
Yates, a biographical note)
“But
to secure ratification, the 10th Amendment was added. And
it was supposed to be for ‘strict constructionists’.... The
protection for the diminution of state power, that Yates foretold, would
surely occur!”
Then, there is Ben Shapiro, who asked, "Whatever
happened to states' rights? It's not too late to assert power over leviathan
federal government." Shapiro
was writing about this statement by Texas Governor Perry:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=95012
"I believe that our federal government has become
oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens and its
interference with the affairs of our state… I believe that returning to the
letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment
will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our
union."
Shapiro went on to opine that Perry had issued "a
clarion call for more local sovereignty, for less command-and-control from
above." Then he asked, "But
is it too late for states to regain their status in the great struggle for
policymaking power implemented by the Constitution?"
It is about time we recognize that - by exercise of its sheer
pomposity and size - all too often the actions of our
Federal Government tend to:
- oppress
our states and our citizens?
- interfere,
both directly and indirectly, with state affairs and state business?
- violate
the 10th Amendment to our constitution?
- saddle
states with undue regulation, thereby weakening the whole of our
union?
- control our states and our citizens by 'giving' our
own tax dollars back to us in the form of entitlements, grants, and
bailouts?
Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people.”
These words are abundantly clear. Contrary to what Progressives may say, these words are not
ambiguous! They mean what they say, and say what they mean.
There can be no equivocation. We,
the people, did not delegate to the Federal Government the power to grab the
oversight of insurance companies away from state control. Nor were those powers relinquished to the Feds.
Distorting and twisting the interstate commerce clause, the
Progressives usurp authority under the Constitution by passing an
unconstitutional law that forces individual citizens to purchase health
insurance. The Constitution in no
way allows a Central government the power to require the purchase of any
particular product; certainly not health insurance; categorically not GM
products; and, definitely not handy-dandy baby diapers!
We must ask ourselves, if it is too late to actually do
anything about it. How can we resist Federal Power? And I'm NOT talking about secession or overt rebellion. I'm
talking about taking back our country. I'm speaking about returning the
direction of the USA to the republic form of government to which she was
originally destined. I'm suggesting that we reclaim our greatness by honoring
God and family values. I'm touting a system of free enterprise
and capitalism. I'm in favor of as little restriction and
regulation as necessary to guard against monopolistic practices.
I'm hoping for a grass roots movement that starts at
the bottom of the political chain by infiltrating both parties with citizens
willing to run for offices starting at the precinct level and on into
the state houses – all the way to the halls of the Congress! And,
folks, the Tea Party movement just
may be the ticket to that end.
We can, and we must reverse the sharp left direction
this regime has taken our nation. We
must take back our government by using our voting power to place into office,
minor and major, new and responsive representation. What grass
roots organization have you joined? Which
precinct doors have you knocked on lately? What is your voting record?
What have you volunteered to do that may be of help? Have you
considered running for precinct committeeman? What politician did you last
support with a donation? To which party apparatus did you last lend
monetary support?
I submit
that these challenges, however poorly presented, are intended to peak whatever
portion of patriotism is capsulated within you as you deliberate these words.
What
do you think?
Mel
Ingram
mel-ing@sbcglobal.net
Author's permission to publish this and other articles written by Mel Ingram are hereby granted to
"The Herrick Report",
http://herrickreport.com
- Kent Herrick, Publisher: kherrick@ktc.com
Kent M. Herrick, Editor in Chief, 2010
